Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Here is a painting from my recent 11 day trip to Vermont. I went up to deliver 5 paintings to the Bryan memorial Gallery in Jefforsonville. They are housing the New England Plein Air Painters annual show this year.

This sparkling stream runs through the Pleasant Valley in nearby Cambridge Vermont. It must be just about the prettiest valley in New England! It was a lovely, warm September day and the fall color was just starting. I like painting in the fall before or after peak color best.

Another of these paintings is going to be shown by the Guild of Boston Artists at the Boston International Fine Art Show in November. You can see that painting on the news page of my website. Contact me if you would like to preview these paintings as they are finished.

Right now I am putting the finishing touches on a talk and slide show to be presented on October tenth on White Mountain painting of the 19th century and its influence on the artists of today. I have a great legacy of art from which to draw. Every important American landscape painter was there in the decade before the civil war. The White Mountains are still very wild and unspoiled. I find myself liking the area and plan to paint there as much as possible during the next few years.

This presentation is only part of my involvement to help in the effort of the Jackson New Hampshire Historical Society to save an enormous 19th cent barn. They are selling prints of a painting which I made standing in the historic barn itself, looking out at the town of Jackson. One of the attendees of the opening reception gala on the 10th when I will be presenting this talk will win the original painting by raffle. You can find an image of the painting on the News page of my website.

The painting you see here is at the Banks Gallery in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Jamie Lafleur the owner, has a great gallery in a new location on the edge of Strawberry Banke,the restored historic village.

About Me

I am a professional landscape painter.I make my living painting pictures.
In my blog I show my paintings, offer some of the techniques, ideas and methods I have learned over the years, and talk about how to make a living as an artist. I present some essays on painting, art, and hopefully amuse you some at the same time. I will also tell you about many of the fine painters I have known over the years and some who died long ago. I talk about my training in the studios of R.H.Ives Gammell and about the many artists who have mentored me along the way. I also try to explain what I THINK makes a good painting, and how to go about making one.
If you have just found this blog, I suggest you go back to the earliest posts and read forward. It is now an enormous archive of about a thousand posts. The posts start out with the most basic information and progress towards the more philosophical side of painting. I hope you will find it useful!
.............Stape

Teaching

I do teach and I do travel. If you are interested in booking workshops or having me visit and teach at your institution, school or art association please email me at stapletonkearns@gmail.com I am presently booked for several workshops in the coming year and will be announcing more . If you are interested in attending a workshop please let me know as well.